Cantrip
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Cantrip has an unknown origin, but has been used in British and Scottish English to mean a magic spell, witch's trick, or a sham.

Cantrip may refer to—
  • A magical spell of any kind, or one which reads the same forwards and backwards.

  • A type of minor spell
    Spells of Dungeons & Dragons
    Magic of Dungeons & Dragons consists of spells used in the settings of the role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons . There is little if any similarity between these fictional spells and any actual historical mythology. D&D defined the genre of fantasy role-playing games, and remains the most...

     in the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game
    Role-playing game
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    , generally the simplest and weakest kind available to learn.
  • Spells in the Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

    collectible card game
    Collectible card game
    thumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards...

     that allow you to draw a card as part of their effect.
  • A Spanish magazine related to the Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering
    Magic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...

    collectible card game
    Collectible card game
    thumb|Players and their decksA collectible card game , also called a trading card game or customizable card game, is a game played using specially designed sets of playing cards...

  • Spells in the MMORPG
    MMORPG
    Massively multiplayer online role-playing game is a genre of role-playing video games in which a very large number of players interact with one another within a virtual game world....

     Asheron's Call
    Asheron's Call
    Asheron's Call is a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs developed and published by Turbine Entertainment. It was published by Microsoft until 2004. Asheron's Call is set on the continent of Dereth and its surrounding islands on the fictional planet of Auberean...

    whose effects can stack with spells of a similar nature.
  • In Warhammer Fantasy
    Warhammer Fantasy
    Warhammer Fantasy is a fantasy setting, created by Games Workshop, which is used by many of the company's games. Some of the best-known games set in this world are: the table top wargame Warhammer Fantasy Battle, the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay pen-and-paper role-playing game, and the MMORPG...

    , Cantrips are minor spells, known by all wizards when using the Storm Of Magic Expansion Rulebook.
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